📢 Admission Notice: Applications are invited from eligible candidates for Ph.D. Research at Ranchi University, Ranchi. Applications are to be submitted offline with the required documents.
📅 Apply Dates
01 September 2026 – 10 September 2026
🎓 Total Seats
331 Provisional Vacancies
🏫 Campus
Morabadi Campus, Ranchi University, Ranchi
🧾 Mode
Offline application + scanned copy by email
🎯 Eligibility
- UGC/CSIR-NET (Category I/II/III), GATE or other equivalent examinations qualified candidates are eligible.
- 1-year/2-semester Master's degree or equivalent/M.Phil. with at least 55% marks or equivalent grade.
- Candidates with a 4-year/8-semester Bachelor's degree (Hons/Hons with Research) should have at least 75% marks or equivalent grade.
- 5% relaxation is allowed for SC/ST/OBC (Non-Creamy Layer)/SEBC (Non-Creamy Layer)/Differently-Abled/EWS categories as stated in the notice.
📊 Department-wise Provisional Vacancies
| Department | Total |
|---|---|
| Anthropology | 9 |
| Bengali | 0 |
| Botany | 28 |
| Chemistry | 18 |
| Commerce | 10 |
| Economics | 12 |
| English | 25 |
| Geography | 18 |
| Geology | 3 |
| Hindi | 19 |
| History | 10 |
| Ho | 4 |
| Home Science | 6 |
| Kharia | 4 |
| Khortha | 2 |
| Kurmali | 2 |
| Kurux | 6 |
| Mathematics | 16 |
| Mundari | 1 |
| Nagpuri | 5 |
| Panch Pargania | 4 |
| Philosophy | 24 |
| Physics | 16 |
| Political Science | 10 |
| Psychology | 26 |
| Sanskrit | 9 |
| Santali | 4 |
| Sociology | 4 |
| Urdu | 6 |
| Zoology | 30 |
| TOTAL | 331 |
📝 Selection Process
- Maximum candidates called for interview: 1:3 ratio, subject to qualifying candidates.
- Merit list will be based on the percentage score obtained in the interview for entrance-test-exempted candidates.
- Preference: NET JRF (Category-I), NET Lectureship (Category-2), NET Ph.D. (Category-3), followed by qualified entrance tests in case of similar scores.
- In case of equal marks/percentage, older candidate gets preference.
📅 Important Dates
Application: 01.09.2026 – 10.09.2026
- Selection list for interview: 16.09.2026 (tentative)
- Grievance submission: 17.09.2026 – 18.09.2026
- Final selection for interview: 21.09.2026 (tentative)
- Interview: 24.09.2026 – 29.09.2026 (tentative)
- Merit-cum-selection list: 30.09.2026 (tentative)
- Supervisor allotment: 01.10.2026 – 08.10.2026
- Synopsis & Ph.D. registration: 12.10.2026 – 24.12.2026
- Ph.D. coursework: 02.01.2027 – 30.06.2027
📌 How to Apply
- Download the application form from the Ranchi University link.
- Fill in the form and attach the required certificates/documents.
- Submit the hard copy at the concerned department, Morabadi Campus.
- Send the scanned PDF of the filled form and certificates to the Director Research via the email specified in the official notice.
- Both hard copy and soft copy submission are essential for processing.
⚠️ Important: Candidates should check the official Ranchi University website for updates. The university reserves the right to modify/update vacancies before the interview.